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Rickettsia prowazekii  

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Note

  • infection = TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE

Scope note

  • A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the etiologic agent of epidemic typhus fever acquired through contact with lice (TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE) as well as Brill's disease.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012283

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